Throughout an interview with Alt 98.7, Linkin Park vocalist Mike Shinoda spoke about Linkin Park tribute bands. He opened up in regards to the determination to select Emily Armstrong because the singer for a reunited Linkin Park as a substitute of a Chester Bennington sound-alike.
“We simply need Emily to be Emily,” he stated. “The songs are the songs. Emily is Emily… There was a time early on, like 2020-ish, 2019, no matter — like, I remembered I used to be watching movies… I feel a video of a canopy band, a Linkin Park cowl band, confirmed up in my feed. Followers have been loving it. They have been all like, ‘Oh my God, this particular person’s so good. They sound a lot like Chester.’”
Shinoda likened his response to the “uncanny valley” — “your mind likes it higher and higher and higher the extra it will get extra actual and near the actual factor, after which the second earlier than it turns into precisely as actual, your mind goes fully the other way … proper again right down to ‘I hate it,’ as a result of your mind can inform that it’s making an attempt to be tricked. And no person’s mind likes that.”
He stated: “So, after I was watching this YouTube video, or Instagram video, of this cowl band, I used to be like, ‘That’s actually cool, but it surely’s additionally creepy that it sounds a lot like Chester.’ I don’t prefer it, it weirds me out. It made me instantly know that it wasn’t the transfer for us. I don’t prefer it. I prefer it for [the cover bands], I simply don’t prefer it for us… These bands do an ideal job, however I wouldn’t put that in our band.”
Mike about Linkin Park tribute bands: “That’s actually cool, but it surely’s additionally creepy that it sounds a lot like Chester. I don’t prefer it, it weirds me out. It made me instantly know that it wasn’t the transfer for us.[..] These bands do an ideal job however I wouldn’t put that in our band.” pic.twitter.com/wG4lZ9N315
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Throughout the identical interview, Mike stated that Emily didn’t wish to come off too excited.
“She positively doesn’t wanna come off too excited, that’s her factor, BY THE WAY”😂❤️
Emily on the way it feels to be in Linkin Park: pic.twitter.com/7w1ZzpyBme
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Throughout one other interview with RTL2, Mike additionally spoke about ‘Overflow,’ the seventh observe of the band’s eight studio album ‘From Zero.’ He stated: “As we have been writing it, among the core concepts have been about virtually feeling overwhelmed. It’s type of like while you’re on social media and there’s simply an excessive amount of shit. It’s simply a lot. [..] And it’s making me anxious.”
Mike about Overflow: “As we have been writing it, among the core concepts have been about virtually feeling overwhelmed. It’s type of like while you’re on social media and there’s simply an excessive amount of shit. It’s simply a lot. [..] And it’s making me anxious.” pic.twitter.com/XDkyZhCUnR
— a.🍍| fan accøunt (@BroodingAnanas) November 24, 2024
